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Full, Differential and Log Backups: A Practical Guide

August 25, 2026
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Backup, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Log, SQL Performance, Transaction Log

Full, differential and log backups are the three things almost every SQL Server DBA can define, and the three things a surprising number of us get wrong under pressure at two in the morning.

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SQL Server Maintenance Techniques

SQL Server Maintenance Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Your Server Running Smoothly

October 6, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Hardware, Maintenance Plan, SQL Audit, SQL Backup, SQL Error Messages, SQL Index, SQL Log, SQL Server Security, SQL Statistics, SQL Upgrade, Testing

This comprehensive guide explore into some essential maintenance techniques and best practices to ensure your SQL Server deployment.

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tlog

SQL SERVER – Transaction Logs: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

August 21, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Log, Transaction Log

Providing a comprehensive understanding of their role and potential issues. Let us learn about Transaction Logs: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

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Virtual Log Files

SQL Server 2022 – Managing Virtual Log Files

February 28, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Log, Transaction Log, VLF

Virtual Log Files (VLFs) are internal divisions of physical log files created by the SQL Server Database Engine. They have no fixed size.

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shrinklog

SQL SERVER – Reasons – Not Able to Shrink the Transaction Log

August 24, 2022
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Shrinking Database, SQL Log, SQL Server, System Database

Recently during consulting engagement Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, my client asked if I knew why they could not shrink the transaction log.

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Free Space

SQL SERVER – Available Free Space in Data and Log File

August 16, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Log, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Lots of good feedback, I have received on my recent to the point blog posts. Today we will see a script for Available Free Space in Data and Log File.

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Recovery Models

SQL SERVER – Logs are Full and Can’t Switch Recovery Models

August 2, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Recovery Model, SQL Log, SQL Server, Transaction Log

His question was about their database Logs, which were Full and they Can’t Switch Recovery Models. Let us discuss this problem today. 

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